Sports clubs should not wear political logos or flags

Radio NZ reports:

The NRL’s first openly gay player has slammed the NZ Breakers as “cowards” for not wearing the rainbow Pride flag in next year’s NBL Pride Round.

The Breakers are the second club to opt out of the pride jersey since the Round began in 2023, saying it’s to protect individual players from being singled out for their beliefs. Cairns Taipans did the same during the inaugural round, when the players did not wear a pride jersey.

There is a big difference between a sporting club being supportive of gay players and forcing players to wear a flag or logo which has political connotations.

Players can personally be 100% supportive of team mates who are gay, lesbian etc but also disagree on related political issues such as same sex marriage etc.